San Francisco's Monuments Collapse have been working the sludge/doom/post-metal axis since 2013, building lengthy, corrosive tracks that mirror the Bay Area's tension between beauty and decay — slow, caustic, and hauntingly cinematic.

Boston's Morne have been one of the most distinctive voices in American post-metal and sludge since 2009, fusing crushing Neurosis-influenced heaviness with a somber, searching emotionalism that sets them apart from peers in the genre.

Minneapolis's Mourning Light weave atmospheric post-metal's expansive dynamics with doom's gravitational pull, crafting music that breathes and collapses in long, emotionally resonant arcs from the heart of the Twin Cities scene.

Dayton, Ohio's Mouth of the Architect are one of the Midwest's most respected post-metal acts, building dense, emotionally charged compositions that move between crushing heaviness and vast atmospheric space with a conviction that has defined their sound since 2006.

The Connecticut incarnation of Mycorrhizae, based in Ashford and formed in 2023, blends doom metal's crushing weight with post-metal's expansive emotional architecture, using long, shifting song structures to evoke the slow patience of underground networks.

A New York-based project founded in 2014, Myrkur weaves atmospheric black metal with folk and post-metal textures, layering ethereal vocals over icy tremolo riffs and acoustic passages to create a sound that is both harrowing and hauntingly beautiful.